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Patented July 29, 1919.

application ile November 9, 1917. Serial No. 201,100.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Rossano R. GULLIoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheldon, in'the county of OBrien and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Egg-'1`uine1s; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description 'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which `it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in egg turning devices for incubatore.

The object of this invention is to provide an egg turning device for incubators, in-

cluding an egg supporting tray winch 1s,

n'iovably mounted in an incubator to permit or the turning of the eggs when it is desired, in an easy and convenientl manner.

A further object of this invention is to provide an egg turning device of this character which will be simple, practicaland comparatively inexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claims hereto appended.

1n the drawing- Figure this an elevation partly in section illustrating an incubator equipped with my improved egg turner,

Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary trans- 'verse sectional view,

Fig. t is a perspective viewof the egg supporting tray and turner.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 designates an incubator of any well known construction having a removable cover. A rectangular egg retaining tray 7 is removably secured Within the incubator 5 iutermediate the ends thereof and is provided with a plurality ot' relatively spaced egg rccciving openings constituting cells or compartments 8, which openings or cells are substantially oblong in formation. The egg retaining tray7 is ada )ted to be removed up through the Vopen en` of theincubator so as to permit the eggs to be left upon the supporting tray, which will be hereinafter more fully described.

An egg supporting tray 9 comprises side bars 10 and end bars 11. A fora-minous body 1'2 is secured to the inner periph-.eral edge of the side and end bars and is reinforced by the right angularly related intersecting brace 'bars 13 which have their ends secured to the side and end bars as at 14. The side and end bars 10 and 11 respectively are substantially U-shapcd in cross section so as to provide means whereby the edge of the oraminous body may be clamped to the side and cud bars and securely held thereto, it being understood that the bars v13 reinforce the foraminous body and permit the eggs to readily rest upon the upper side thereofl when the supporting tray is positioned within the incubator and under the egg retaining tray 7 The egg supporting trayv 9 is slidably mounted on the horizontal flanges of thc an# gle rails 15 which are secured to the interior of the incubator 5 and support the egg retaining tray 7 therein. .Thus it canbe seen that the supporting tray Will be located under the cells or openings in the egg retaining tray and permit the eggs to freely engage the upper surfaceof the supportingtray and be readily rolledor turned in ytheir respective' cells upon movement of the supporting trayA in either direction.

The bars 13 are located upon the under side of the egg supporting tray 9, and as shown in Fig. 3 they support this tray upon the rails 15. As the tray 9 is supported upon the rails 15 by the bars 13, the friction between the tray and rails is reduced to the minimum, rendering it comparatively easy to shift the tray when it is desired to turn the eggs. The tray 9 isadapted to be moved or shifted by a rod which consists ot' sections 16 and 18. The section 16 is secured at one end to the brace bars 13' at their point of intersection bya member 17. The other end or' this sectlon iis rovided with a head 19 to which the inner end of the section 18 is detachably connected; The section 19 passes through opening 21 in one side Wall of the incubator, and its outer endis provided with a hand loop Q0. Since therod section 18 is dctachably connected to the rod section 1.6, the rod section 18 may be disconnected from the rod section 16 to permit the vtray 9 to be placed Within the incubator,

'and to prevent the tray 9l from being moved or shifted by an unauthorized person.

In practice, the eggs are positioned within the openings'S of the tray 7 upon the forarni-l nous body 12 of the tray 9. When it is desired to turn the eggs, it'is only necessary to insert the rod section 18 through the opening 21 and connect it to the rod section 16, if such part is not already in place, and grasp the hand loop 20 and impart movement to the tray 9. 1r' the rod section 18 is in place, it isonly necessary to grasp the hand loop 20 when it is desired to impart movement to the tray 9.'

Having thus described my invention What is claimed is:

l. An incubator including rails, an eg'Y retaining traylocated above the rails, an egg supporting tray slidablymounted upon the rails, angularly arranged and intersecting 'brace bars secured to the supporting tray, a

rod section secured to said brace bars at their points of intersection, and a second rod scction detachably connected to the iii-st section and passing through and beyond one side Wall of the incubator.

2. An incubator including rails, an egg retaining tray located above the rails, an egg -supporting tray, angularly related and in- 1 cubator.

In testimon whereof l alix my signature in presence o two Witnesses. i

RUSSELL R. GULLUN. Witnesses:

ALLAN M. SMITH, A. H. COBB.v 

